If he discovered her there she felt that she would die of shame.

Then she became aware that a blue jay was screeching in a pine above her, and a red squirrel somewhere near was chattering his shrill annoyance.

These two denizens of the woods could be depended upon to espy the wariest hunter and make known his presence to their kind.
Ellen had a moment of more than dread.

This keen-eyed, keen-eared Indian might see right through her brushy covert, might hear the throbbing of her heart.

It relieved her immeasurably to see him turn away and take to pacing the promontory, with his head bowed and his hands behind his back.